More than 20 people were killed Wednesday in torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan, where weeklong downpours have swept away villages and left more than 400 dead.
Eleven people died in the touristic northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan and 10 others in Karachi, the financial capital in the south, due to urban flooding that caused house collapses and electrocution, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
Schools remained closed in the city of more than 20 million, as the meteorological department predicted more rain till Saturday.
Amir Hyder Laghari, chief meteorologist of the Sindh province, blamed "weak infrastructure" for the flooding in big cities.
As Karachi's crumbling pipes and sewer system struggled to cope with the downpours, rush-hour drivers were caught in rising waters late Tuesday, and multiple neighborhoods experienced power cuts.
